Seri: 365 days with self - Discipline
-------------------Week 3-----------------------
Day 19: On Fighting Well
The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win, but to take part; the important thing in life is not triumph, but the struggle; the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.
—Pierre de Coubertin 18
Nobody will ever give you any grades for your level of self-discipline. There’s no finish line and there’s no podium for the winners. The only purpose of building self-discipline is to conquer yourself — your own urges, your own weaknesses, and your own self-sabotaging behaviors.
It’s easy to forget this fact and assume that when you reach your goals you’re done. In fact, the moment you make your dreams come true isn’t the most important moment. It’s important, no doubt, but without the process leading to it, in itself it means little.
The most important moments are the moments of struggle, when you’re striving to fight even when you can barely stand and the whole world is spinning around you. It’s this very act that proves your mettle and showers you with life-encompassing benefits, not the act of winning in itself.
Whenever you find yourself frustrated that you’re still a long way from the finish line, remember that it’s right now, at this very moment, that you’re collecting the biggest rewards. It’s the struggle in itself that improves you and makes you a more successful person.
Vocabulary
triumph /ˈtraɪʌmf/
[countable, uncountable] a great success, achievement or victory
one of the greatest triumphs of modern science
triumph over somebody/something It was a personal triumph over her old rival.
conquer /ˈkɒŋkə(r)/
conquer somebody/something to take control of a country or city and its people by force
The Normans conquered England in 1066.
In 330 BC Persia was conquered by Alexander the Great.
conquered territories/subjects/lands
The Roman empire offered citizenship to its conquered peoples.
podium /ˈpəʊdiəm/
a small platform that a person stands on when giving a speech or conducting an orchestra, etc.
She is the first delegate to speak from the podium at today's conference.
The president sat on the viewing podium watching the military parade.
sabotage /ˈsæbətɑːʒ/
sabotage something to damage or destroy something deliberately to prevent an enemy from using it or to protest about something
The main electricity supply had been sabotaged by the rebels.
Nobody will ever give you any grades for your level of self-discipline. There’s no finish line and there’s no bục giảng/ˈpəʊdiəm/ for the winners. The only purpose of building self-discipline is to conquer yourself — your own urges, your own weaknesses, and your own self-/ˈsæbətɑːʒ/phá hoại behaviors.
It’s easy to forget this fact and giả định/əˈsjuːm/ that when you reach your goals you’re done. In fact, the moment you make your dreams come true isn’t the most important moment. It’s important, no doubt, but without the process leading to it, in itself it means little.
The most important moments are the moments of struggle, when you’re striving to fight even when you can barely stand and the whole world is /ˈsnaɪpɪŋ/bắn tỉa around you. It’s this very act that proves your /ˈmetl/khí phách and showers you with life-bao trùm/ɪnˈkʌmpəs/ benefits, not the act of winning in itself.
Whenever you find yourself frustrated that you’re still a long way from the finish line, remember that it’s right now, at this very moment, that you’re collecting the biggest rewards. It’s the struggle in itself that improves you and makes you a more successful person.
Nobody will ever give you any grades for your level of self-discipline. Sẽ không có ai cho bạn bất kỳ điểm số nào về mức độ tự kỷ luật của bạn.There’s no finish line and there’s no podium for the winners. Không có vạch đích và không có bục dành cho người chiến thắng. The only purpose of building self-discipline is to conquer yourself — your own urges, your own weaknesses, and your own self-sabotaging behaviors. Mục đích duy nhất của việc xây dựng kỷ luật bản thân là để chinh phục bản thân - những thôi thúc của chính bạn, những điểm yếu của chính bạn và những hành vi tự phá hoại của chính bạn.
It’s easy to forget this fact and assume that when you reach your goals you’re done. Thật dễ dàng để quên thực tế này và cho rằng khi bạn đạt được mục tiêu thì bạn đã hoàn thành. In fact, the moment you make your dreams come true isn’t the most important moment. Trên thực tế, thời điểm bạn biến ước mơ thành hiện thực không phải là thời điểm quan trọng nhất. It’s important, no doubt, but without the process leading to it, in itself it means little. Điều đó quan trọng, không nghi ngờ gì nữa, nhưng nếu không có quá trình dẫn đến nó, thì bản thân nó có nghĩa là rất ít.
The most important moments are the moments of struggle, when you’re striving to fight even when you can barely stand and the whole world is spinning around you. Những khoảnh khắc quan trọng nhất là những khoảnh khắc đấu tranh, khi bạn nỗ lực chiến đấu ngay cả khi bạn gần như không thể đứng vững và cả thế giới đang quay xung quanh bạn. It’s this very act that proves your mettle and showers you with life-encompassing benefits, not the act of winning in itself. Chính hành động này đã chứng tỏ dũng khí của bạn và mang đến cho bạn những lợi ích bao trùm cả cuộc đời, chứ không phải là hành động chiến thắng.
Whenever you find yourself frustrated that you’re still a long way from the finish line, remember that it’s right now, at this very moment, that you’re collecting the biggest rewards. Bất cứ khi nào bạn cảm thấy thất vọng vì vẫn còn một quãng đường dài nữa mới về đích, hãy nhớ rằng ngay bây giờ, vào chính thời điểm này, bạn đang thu về những phần thưởng lớn nhất. It’s the struggle in itself that improves you and makes you a more successful person. Bản thân cuộc đấu tranh đã giúp bạn cải thiện và biến bạn thành một người thành công hơn.
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